nick

Example Sentences

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The country stored up 1.26 billion barrels of oil in the nick of time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

It built up those reserves just in the nick of time.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Liverpool were very unconvincing at Forest, but they did nick the win.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

A construction vehicle toppling, with its driver escaping a life-changing accident by jumping out just in the nick of time as Disney himself talks up how there have been very few accidents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

She found she was becoming dissatisfied with the way things just happened in the nick of time.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith